IES Syllabus for Electrical Engineering (EE)

APTITUDE PAPER (Stage-I, Paper-I).

General Studies and Engineering Aptitude

(Stage I Paper I, Objective type, Common to all Candidates, 2 hours duration, 200 Marks maximum)

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The questions from the following Topics will be set in Paper-I of Stage-I

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1. Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development

2. Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability

3. Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

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4. General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety

5. Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services

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6. Basics of Energy and Environment : Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental

impact assessment

7. Basics of Project Management

8. Basics of Material Science and Engineering

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9. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering such as networking, e-
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governance and technology based education.

10. Ethics and values in Engineering profession

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Note: The paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude will include Knowledge of relevant topics as may be

expected from an engineering graduate, without special study. Questions from all the 10 topics mentioned above shall

be set. Marks for each Topic may range from 5% to 15% of the total marks in the paper.
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Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for Stage-I objective type PaperII and separately for Stage-II

Conventional type Paper-I and Paper II

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PAPER I
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1. Engineering Mathematics
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Matrix theory, Eigen values & Eigen vectors, system of linear equations, Numerical methods for solution of non-linear algebraic equations

and differential equations, integral calculus, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Line, Surface and Volume Integrals. Fourier series,

linear, nonlinear and partial differential equations, initial and boundary value problems, complex variables, Taylors and Laurents series,

residue theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals, Sampling theorem, random variables, Normal and Poisson distributions,

correlation and regression analysis.

 2. Electrical Materials

Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials basics,

properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics, conductors; Photo-

conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.

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3. Electric Circuits and Fields

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Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenins, Nortons,

Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state analysis, basic

filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to

point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Amperes and Biot-Savarts laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwells

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equations.

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4. Electrical and Electronic Measurements:

Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and
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induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital

voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis,
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Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems

5. Computer Fundamentals:
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Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation;

peripheral devices, data represenation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems;
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Elements of programming languages, typical examples.

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6. Basic Electronics Engineering:

Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS),
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different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers.
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PAPER II

1. Analog and Digital Electronics:

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Operational amplifiers characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators,

sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters; Microprocessor basics-

interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits; Analog communication basics, Modulation and demodulation, noise and

bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and

time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems.

 2. Systems and Signal Processing :

Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier

series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier

transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.

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3. Control Systems:

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Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady-state errors, transforms and their applications;

Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and

frequency response analysis, state space model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback,

PID and industrial controllers.

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4. Electrical Machines :

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Single phase transformers, three phase transformers connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles,

DC machines types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors,
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Induction motors principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines performance,

regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.
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5. Power Systems :
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Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance,

insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection

systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix
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representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and

equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and
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wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics.
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6. Power Electronics and Drives :

Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs static characteristics and principles of
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operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and

inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters,
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resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.